6 September 1978 James W. Green Rt. 3 Box 44 (now 285 Agnew Rd.) Winnsboro, SC 29180

RESEARCH SYSTEMS DIVISION OF THE EVERTON PUBLISHERS, INC.

Dear Mr. Green,


As I read through the material, I tried to be objective with the clues you gave.
However, at least one facter made objectivity difficult.  That is, I spent
two days as a guest of Dr. Rolf Kilian on my recent trip to Germany, and
since I have such great admiration for his scholarship and common sense,
I naturally lean toward any opinion he might have as "your best possible
clue."  Hence, "the people of Kreuznach" sounds like the group among
which we are most likely to find your Andreas Kilian.  As we continue our
"Pal-Index" project, we shall certainly learn more about the origins of
this group.  Second, in priority then, would be to find Andreas among 
the protestant Kilians of Kusel and third, among the Catholic Kilians of
Rheingau.  As for the small towns you have listed in the Kusel area, we
will watch closely for them as our "Pal-Index" lists come "sputtering" out
of the computer.

As Dr. Kilian says, Catholics were not too popular among Palatine immigrants.
This not only makes the Rheingau group unlikely, but renders the Augsburg
Kilians even less likely.  As for the places named "Kilian," I can't get
too excited about them as long as we know so many people by that surname,
We'll consider them much later than we study the "people of Kreusnach."
I deliberately saved my doing and analysing our Palatine Survey until
after I had written this letter, because I didn't want to become enamored
with my own opinion.  Analysis now follows:

As you see from the enclosed copy of our check list, we did find a couple
of Andreas Kilians; one from Wuerttemberg and one from Bavaria.  However,
since they were both too old to be your ancestor, we won't get too excited
about them either, unless you see a familiar clue we may have overlooked.

We'll be pleased to follow up any clues you would like to call our attention
to as we proceed with Pal-Index.

Sincerely,


Charles M. Hall, Director of European Research